Maidenbush

:"For the genus Leptopus "Klotzsch & Garcke", see its current synonym Euphorbia."

Taxobox
name = Maidenbush
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Malpighiales
familia = Phyllanthaceae
tribus = Phyllantheae
subtribus = Leptopinae
genus = "Leptopus"
genus_authority = Decne.
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =
*"Leptopus chinensis"
*"Leptopus phyllanthoides"
*etc.

The maidenbushes (genus "Leptopus") are a group of plants in the Phyllanthaceae family. It is the only genus of the subtribe Leptopinae and comprises 10 species, distributed in Asia, Australia and America.

ynonymy

This genus is known under several other names:
*"Andrachne" (Endl.) Pojark.
*"Chorisandrachne" Airy Shaw
*"Hexakestra" Hook.f., orth. var.
*"Hexakistra" Hook.f.